Alcohol consumption and cardiovascular risk: An epidemiological perspective

Nutrition, Metabolism and Cardiovascular Diseases

Volumn 17, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 561-564

  Di Castelnuovo, Augusto ^a   Costanzo, Simona ^a   Donati, Maria Benedetta ^a   Iacoviello, Licia ^a   de Gaetano, Giovanni ^a  

^a CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEER; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; EDITORIAL; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HUMAN; LIPID METABOLISM; RISK FACTOR; WINE;

ALCOHOL DRINKING; BEER; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CONFOUNDING FACTORS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); HUMANS; LIPID METABOLISM; RISK FACTORS; WINE;

EID: 34548127565     PISSN: 09394753     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.numecd.2007.02.006     Document Type: Editorial

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